# Patterns in Humanity

Analyses and thoughts about the human condition.

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## [Euler, enlightenment genius](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/euler-enlightenment-genius)

_2026-04-23 · Inquisitive Bird_

The talents and personality of the most prolific mathematician in history

## [Race and slavery in the Muslim world](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/race-and-slavery-in-the-muslim-world)

_2026-03-29 · Inquisitive Bird_

The role of anti-blackness in the Arab slave trades

## [How northwest Europe attained modern homicide rates already by 1750](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/how-northwest-europe-attained-modern)

_2025-11-26 · Inquisitive Bird_

The long-run decline of violence in Europe, and why poverty is not responsible for violent crime

## [No, India did not invent calculus](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/no-india-did-not-invent-calculus)

_2025-10-31 · Inquisitive Bird_

The true origin of calculus explained

## [Precolonial India was not rich](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/precolonial-india-was-not-rich)

_2025-10-05 · Inquisitive Bird_

The historical poverty of the Indian masses, origins of the great divergence, and why East Asian growth miracle but not South Asian

## [Prisons aren't filled with harmless pot smokers](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/prisons-arent-filled-with-harmless)

_2025-09-19 · Inquisitive Bird_

The American incarceration rate explained

## [African time](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/african-time)

_2025-08-31 · Inquisitive Bird_

Traditional and modern notions of time in Africa

## [How many are criminals?](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/how-many-are-criminals)

_2025-08-11 · Inquisitive Bird_

Probably more than you think...

## [Immigration and crime in the Nordics](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/immigration-and-crime-in-the-nordics)

_2025-07-31 · Inquisitive Bird_

A collection, description and visualization of data from the Nordic countries

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## [The rise of life expectancy](https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-life-expectancy)

_2025-07-02 · Inquisitive Bird_

Illustrated and explained